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Instrumentation Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Bittle

converted to three 1’s and one 0. This code can be viewed as a thermometer thatis filled up to the topmost ONE in the column and hence the name thermometer code1. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 7.1263.3 Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Education Binary Thermometer A B C T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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William M. Pottenger; Soma Roy; Shreeram A. Sahasrabudhe; Qiang Wang; Jeffrey J. Heigl; G. Drew Kessler; David R. Gevry

an account. One user could be an instructor,student, teaching assistant, librarian, or some combination of these roles, e.g., one user can be ateaching assistant in course A and a student in course B. Users are managed in an organizationtree according to their roles. This organization tree is similar to a “buddy list” in standard instantmessenger systems (e.g., Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger); however, these roles are pre-defined to reflect a given user’s participation and skill. We plan to use roles to let users tocontact group members without seeking a particular person, e.g., to find an available librarian. Figure 11: CIMEL client user interfaceThe instant messaging system is particularly useful in situations

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The Computer, the Web, and the ChE

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2002 Annual Conference

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David Clough

Instructor Workload Responses Rating Rating Rating Fall 2000 63 B B+ 6.2 Fall 2001 52 B B+ 6.8Compared to the history of ratings for this and similar courses, the course and instructor ratingsare above average. The average course rating is C and instructor rating is C+. Workload is ratedon a 0-to-10 scale with 5 being “about right” in student minds. These ratings are the norm, morethan students would like, but not cruel and inhumane.Observations from student comments and additional surveys are summarized below: ¾ Students preferred Excel/VBA over Mathcad and Matlab. Mathcad

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Use of Labs to Introduce Students to Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

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Andrew Lau; Sven Bilen; Elizabeth Kisenwether

experiences, especially in the first year.1 While there are excellentpedagogical reasons for many of these initiatives, there is also an increasing influence of theABET Engineering Criteria 2000.2 Of course, one expects that the ABET 2000 criteria areessentially a reflection of the pedagogical developments. Put in ABET EC 2000 context, the laboratory and design module described hereaddresses at least these six ABET Criteria (letters correspond to the ABET Criteria): a. An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering; b. An ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data; c. An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs; d. An

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K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2002 Annual Conference

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Mary John O'Hair; Mark Nanny; Teri Rhoads

Session 2530A Combined Engineering and Education Class at the University of Oklahoma: Preparing Authentic Science and Math Educators Teri Reed Rhoadsa, Mark Nannyb, and Mary John O’Hair c The University of Oklahoma a School of Industrial Engineering b School of Civil and Environmental Engineering c Center for Educational and Community Renewal and the College of EducationAbstractOne result of the receipt of a

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Gerson de Oliveira

- 10, 1999. Page 7.320.12 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Education(26) LAURILLARD, D. Rethinking university teaching: a framework for the effective use of educational technology. London: Routledge, 1995.(27) LEVIN, J. Estatística aplicada a Ciências Humanas. São Paulo: Harbra, 1987.(28) LEVINE, R.I., DRANGLE, D.E., EDELSON, B. Inteligência Artificial e Sistemas Especialistas. São Paulo: McGraw-Hill do Brasil, 1988.(29) LÉVY, P. A globalização dos significados. in: Folha de

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Interdisciplinary Engineering Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Terra Smith

Mechanics. 3d ed. Boston, Massachusetts: PWS Pub.7. Kane, R. L., ed. 1997. Understanding Health Care Outcomes Research. Gaithersburg, Maryland: Aspen.8. Mintz, S., and G. Liu. 1993. Service-Learning: An overview. In National and Community Service: A Resource Guide, pp. 1-3. Washington, DC: Corporation for National Community Service. Quoted in D. Vader, C. A. Erikson, J. W. Eby. 2000. Cross-cultural service-learning for responsible engineering graduates (Washington, D. C.: American Association for Higher Education), 153-154..9. Sclove, R. E., M. L. Scammell, and B. Holland. 1998. Community-Based Research in the United States: Executive Summary. Amherst, Massachuetts; The Loka Institute. Accessed at http

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Benjamin Flores; Jose Fierro; Daniel Grajeda; Steve Stafford; Rosa Gomez

Session Number: 2793 The Academic Centers for Engineers and Scientists—A Team Model for Student Support at The University of Texas at El Paso J. Fierro, D. Grajeda, R. Gomez, B. Flores, S.W. Stafford The University of Texas at El PasoAbstractThe Academic Centers for Engineers and Scientists at The University of Texas at El Paso hasbeen an initiative of the Model Institutions for Excellence program for four years now. Thesestudent support centers have been resources for students studying science, engineering, andmath, and each year, these Centers have evolved to meet the needs of the students that

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Programming and DSP Potpourri

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2002 Annual Conference

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Sylvie Ratté; Jocelyne Caron

Session 3220 Learning to program in the context of an industrial simulation: A pedagogical experiment in C++ and its implications for curriculum development Sylvie Ratté, Jocelyne Caron École de technologie supérieure / Université du Québec à Montréal1. IntroductionSince 1995, our programming courses have been supported by web sites where students can findsupplementary resources. Each site contains six main blocks: memo, theory, work, results, linksand help. The organizational structure of each block (Figure 1) includes a general home page andspecific

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ET Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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Kamal Bichara

taught that all projects whether in design, development, or research must progressthrough the following phases: project definition, requirements capture, problem analysis,literature search, detailed project work, testing, and critical appraisal.The Presentation RoomThe layout of the presentation room waschanged to incorporate the TechnologyZone, with custom furniture designed andbuilt to accommodate the side display. Theroom layout is shown in the Figure 1.Technology Zone ProjectsAs stated above, the Technology Zoneconsists of two parts (A) the multimediasupported project show, (B) the side display.The Multimedia Supported Project Show Figure 1: Room LayoutThe show is designed using 3D stereoscopictechniques viewed

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Educational Opportunities in Engr. Abroad

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2002 Annual Conference

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D. Joseph Mook

Session 2028 Educating the Global Engineer: A Program to Promote Study Abroad, International Exchanges and Diversity in Undergraduate Engineering Lester A. Gerhardt*, Peggy Blumenthal**, Susannah Spodek** Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute*/Institute of International Education** IntroductionMore than 96% of humanity lives outside the borders of the continental United States. Of the 15million Americans studying in higher education in the United States each year, only about 1% goabroad as part of their undergraduate educational experience. Moreover, less than 3% of this 1%are

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Innovations in Freshman Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Teodora Shuman; Greg Mason

Session 3553 Creating a Learning Community in a Freshman Design Course with a Senior High-School Class and a Freshman Graphics Class Greg Mason and Teodora Rutar Seattle UniversityAbstractThe importance of developing “learning communities” in which students interact with thoseoutside their class has recently been emphasized by several national educational initiatives,including the National Science Foundation. This paper discusses how a learning community isused in an engineering design course to teach students to work on design teams in which teammembers have

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Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

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John Gumaer

Session Number 1375 A Process for Improving Objective Examinations John A. Gumaer Northern Michigan UniversityAbstractA process is described to assist new engineering faculty in developing effective studentexaminations. This process can be applied in traditional classroom instruction or web-basedlearning settings. An effective examination begins with a set of measurable and observable testobjectives. These objectives are derived from course objectives or outcomes. The test objectivesshould be relevant to mastery of the course material. The cognitive skill level of the

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Reaching Out to the Community

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2002 Annual Conference

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Wayne Groff; Paul Greger; Kim Groff; Joseph Orlins

Session 2651 A Community-Based Hydrologic Design Project Joseph Orlins, Ph.D., P.E. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ Kim Groff, Ph.D. Earth Solve, Inc., Acton, MA Paul Greger, P.E., P.P. Greger Consultants, LLC, Glassboro, NJ R. Wayne Groff Pitman, NJAbstractThere are numerous small dams in southern New

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Issues in Computer Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Juris Reinfelds

Session 3120 A Theory of Programming for Engineers Juris Reinfelds Klipsch School of EE &CE, New Mexico State UniversityIntroductionA theory is a concise set of precisely defined concepts and notation-symbols that can be used toreason about a much larger, much more complicated and less precisely defined system. A goodtheory captures the essential structure of the system that we want to study and reason about.An elegant theory is simple in concept, yet wide in scope. For example, Kepler’s theory of ellipti-cal planetary orbits is more elegant than the epicycle

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Engineering Management Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

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Robert Waters

Session 1937 Evolution Perspective: A Guide for Action* Robert C. Waters George Washington UniversityKenneth E. Boulding was one of the greatest social scientist of the 20th Century. His output wasprodigious: over 30 books and 150 papers. His creative synthesis of biology, physics, chemistry,mathematics, economics, sociology, logic, etc. into a universal, open system perspective was atowering intellectual achievement. The implications of his perspective provide many insightsinto the process of management.The first section of this paper outlines the

Conference Session

Trends in Nuclear Education II

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2002 Annual Conference

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Wesley Hines; Belle Upadhyaya

2677 Development of a Maintenance Engineering Laboratory B.R. Upadhyaya, J.W. Hines, J.P. McClanahan, N.A. Johansen Nuclear Engineering Department, The University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleAbstractThe paper outlines the development of a senior-level laboratory for demonstration and hands-onactivities related to various maintenance technologies. This laboratory has been developed aspart of a course entitled Introduction to Maintenance Engineering, which is designed forseniors and first-year graduate students in engineering. The course and the accompanyinglaboratory were developed at The University of Tennessee

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Williams; Robert Doty

Session 2793 A Practice-Based Senior Design Experience Robert T. Doty, Stephen M. Williams Baylor UniversityAbstractThis paper presents an overview of a practice-based capstone design experience. Informationabout past industrial sponsorship of course projects, course structure and requirements,professional practice integration, and assessment results is provided. A primary objective of theexperience is to transition students from their classroom roles into their professional roles aspracticing engineers. Details of how the course facilitates this transition

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Real-Time and Embedded Systems Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Anders Nelsson

Session 1420 A Project Course in Embedded Design Anders Nelsson Department of Telecommunications and Signal Processing Blekinge Institute of Technology, SwedenAbstractAt Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden, a project course in embedded design is given forsecond year students of the Bachelor programs in Electrical/Computer Engineering. Theassignment for the students is to specify and design an prototype control system for a mobilerobot, currently a small car. The control system is based on a DSP (Digital Signal Processor).This course gives

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Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Athula Kulatunga; Bill Hutzel

2133 Design of a Photovoltaic Power System William J. Hutzel and N. Athula Kulatunga Purdue University, West Lafayette, INAbstract What should technology and engineering students know about renewable energy?Traditional energy technologies, such as coal-fired power plants and petroleum-based internalcombustion engines, will continue to dominate modern society for the short term. However, anincreased dependence on foreign

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Laptop/Handheld Computing in Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Tim Baron; Matt Batcha; John Estell; Adam Love

Session 1620 Designing a Handheld-Friendly Web Site John K. Estell, Tim Baron, Matt Batcha, Adam Love Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department Ohio Northern UniversityIntroduction The handheld computer, or PDA (personal digital assistant), represents a new phase ineducational technology that allows for a truly portable computational device in an affordablepackage. From its humble beginnings as an electronic data organizer, the PDA has evolved intoa sophisticated computational and informational tool through the development of various

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Instrumentation Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Darrell Morris; Hesham Shaalan

Session 2559 Using a Microcontroller for Sonar Ranging Hesham Shaalan, Ph.D., and Darrell Morris School of Technology Georgia Southern University Statesboro, Georgia1. Introduction The Senior Project is the capstone course in the Electrical Engineering Technology (EET)curriculum at Georgia Southern University. It consists of an individually chosen project that istaken from concept through design to a finished state. It includes related CAD, specifications,theory of operation, and oral/written

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Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Patricia M. Secola; James A. Middleton; Donovan Evans; Dale R. Baker; Bettie Smiley; Mary Anderson-Rowland

ofmatter and energy,” where two of the three targets are to “Identify the properties of matter anddescribe its composition and classification” and to “Define motion and describe the relationshipbetween forces and motion.” 17 Below is the teacher's engineering module (in the context of thenational science standards 7): Page 7.688.7 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education Physical Science – Grades 5-8 Content Standard B: As a result of their activities in grades 5-8, all students should develop: an

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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William H. Semke; Arnold F. Johnson; Richard. R. Schultz; Chang-Hee Won; Jason G. Gullicks; Nicholas E. Hulst; Douglas R. Olsen; George A. Seielstad

weight andbalance for the aircraft along with the ability of all components to survive a 9-g crash withoutdetachment. These efforts will be in cooperation and assistance from the UND AerospaceDirector of Maintenance and Quality Assurance Manager. (a) (b)Fig. 1. The AEROCam system (a) on its way out for take-off and (b) installed in the hanger. The primary objective for the project is to provide useful information on cropmanagement for regional farmers and ranchers in a timely manner. To achieve this severalobjectives had to be met. The first is a high spatial resolution of under 5-meters to provideusers sufficiently detailed data to be used in contemporary farming practices

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Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2002 Annual Conference

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David Beams

Session 1320 Developing Computer-Based Laboratory Instruments in a New Undergraduate Electrical Engineering Program—a Summary David M. Beams University of Texas at TylerABSTRACT: This paper describes the culmination of a two-year project which had two aims:(1) development of computer-based laboratory instruments (CLIs) consisting of LabVIEWvirtual- instrument programs coupled with custom external hardware; (2) integration of theseCLIs into the undergraduate curriculum. Students were brought into the design process whereverpossible, giving them first- hand

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Pauline Melgoza

Session 2793 A Study of ILI Standards Database Cost Savings At Texas A&M University Pauline Melgoza Texas A&M UniversityAbstractAs the cost of electronic databases continues to rise, some educational institutions are beingforced to cancel some of their electronic database subscriptions, including standards services.Standards databases might be cancelled because of high prices and narrow user applicability.This paper will address how the ILI Standards database may be used in lieu of other alternativesto continue to give the

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Teaching Outside the Box

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2002 Annual Conference

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Randy Lewis

The value of a “hands-on” experience in a reactor design course. Randy S. Lewis School of Chemical Engineering Oklahoma State University, 423 EN Stillwater, OK 74078Background. In 1999, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) held theinaugural Chem-E-Car Competition at the Annual Student Conference in Dallas, Texas. Thecompetition was initiated to provide national exposure to the chemical engineering discipline and“hands-on” experiences to students, similar to the concrete canoe race for civil engineers and themini-baja race for mechanical engineers. The competition is based on the

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Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Rosanne Simeone; Dan Pearce; P. Paxton Marshall

TEACHING THE ENGINEERING OF A HOUSE AS A WHOLE SYSTEMPaxton Marshall, Dan Pearce, Rosanne SimeoneUniversity of Virginia, School of Engineering and Applied Science[H]igher education…is divided into static, antique disciplines thatactively work against badly needed interdisciplinary approaches to themost serious human problems.”Paul R. Ehrlich, Human Natures: Genes, Cultures, and the HumanProspect, 2000, p. 325 [1]ABSTRACTTeaching a "whole systems design" approach to energy conservation iscomplicated by the inherently multidisciplinary nature of the activity. Becauseuniversities are organized around disciplines and sharp areas of expertise,interdisciplinary instructional programs are notoriously difficult to create andmanage. Furthermore

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Graphics Applications in ME

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2002 Annual Conference

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Holly Ault

Session 2238 Engineering Design Graphics as a Communications Tool For Mechanical Design: A Broader View Holly K. Ault, Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering Department Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA 01609-2280AbstractAmongst the many skills required of newly graduated engineers is the ability to clearlycommunicate their designs and engineering analyses using both verbal and graphical languages.The new ABET EC2000 criteria emphasize that

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kazuhiro Shin-ike